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UNITE STAT-ES ATENT- Price.

WlLLIAM E. DOUBLEDAY, OF NElVYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ELLEN M.

DOUBLEDAY, OF SAME PLACE.

MAKING F UR-FACED FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 255,381, dated March 21,1882,

Application filed January 26, 1882. (No model.) i

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful linurovementsinMaking Fur-Faced Fabrics; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a machine which I haveinvented for carrying out my improvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofone section of my machine, slightly modified. Fig. 3 is a plan viewofFig. 2. Fig.4 is abottom view of a fur bat. Fig. 5 is an edge view ofthe same. Fig. 6 is a section of a modified form of the machine.

I will first describe that part of my machine which is arranged upon oneside of the receiving-roller G, it being a duplicate of the devices uponthe opposite side of said roller.

Referring to Fig. 1, A B G represent respectively the feeding-apron, theblower, and fur upon the apron; but as these parts of the machine may beof any usual or approved construction adapted for blowing fur upon anexhausted cone, they need not be specifically described.

D represents a. flat perforated or reticulated surface placed above anexhausting-chamber, E, which is connected with an exhaust-fan, F,whereby a currentofair is caused to pass downward through the surface D.

G is a roller connected by a train of gearing and belt, or belts andpulleys alone, efg, with the shaft of fan F, whereby'a slow rotarymotion is imparted to roller G in the direction indicated by arrow 1.

H is a supply-roller, both rollers being mounted in suitablehearingsupon the frame-work I of the machine.

L is a supply-roller having a sheet of felted or woven fabric, formed inwhole or in part of suitable t'eltable fibers, arranged in such relationto the perforated surface that the fur bats slowly over the perforatedsurface. the passage of the mosquito-netting over this can be deliveredin contact with both the felted or woven fabric, and thethree deliveredto the receiving-roller G.

g g h h are guiding-rollers.

This machine may be operated substantially as follows: Strips ofmosquito-netting or millinet, being wound upon the supply-roller H H,are passed thence over the perforated surfaces D D, thence to thereceiving-roller G, to which it is connected'iu such manner that by therotation thereofit (the mosquito-netting) isdrawn During perforatedsurface there is deposited upon it a thin layer of fur by means of theparts A B 0. Thus there will be produced a bat consisting of a felted orwoven fibrous base of cloth, in combination with two bats offur, one oneach side of the cloth, adapted to be removed from thereceiving-rollerGand subjected to any process for sticking fur, eitherby hand or by machinery,whereby there may be produced cloth fur-mappedupon both sides. As the work progresses, and the size of the roll ofbats upon the receiving-roller Gr increases, the speed at which themosquito-netting is drawn over the perforated surface D D will becorrespondingly increased, unless provision be made for slowing thespeed of the receiving-roller relative to the other parts of the machineas the diameter of the roller-bat increases. Hence in order to insure auniformity in the thickness of the fur hat I propose to use any of thewell-known mechanisms for regulating the speed of the re ceiving-rollerrelative to the other parts of the machine in such manner as to insurethat the mosquito-netting shall travel over the perforated surfaces D Data uniform speed relative to the movement of the parts A B O and therate at which the fur is blown upon the mosquito-netting; orsubstantially the same result may be accomplished by permitting the rateof travel of the netting over the surfaces D D to increase as thediameter of the roll of the hats increases, and at the same time makinga corresponding variation in the thickness of the layer of fur upon thefeeding-aprons A.

Referring to Fig. 6, the perforate surface is shown in the form of acylinder, J, from which the air is paitially exhausted, and over whichthe mosquito-netting and fur constituting the bat pass. The other partof the mechanism may be substantially the same as those shown in Figs. 1and 2, except-that, instead of the inclosed chamber (theexhaust-chamber) being square or rectangular in form, I propose in thisinstance to employ a circularjacket, K, which conforms substantially tothe outer surface of the cylinder J, exhausting the air from the ends ofthe cylinder through trunk 7:, one on each side of the machine.

The cylinder may be rotated either by the friction of themosquito-netting or by a traingearing and belt, t' k, and a cogged rim,1, at one end of the cylinder, the speed of the cylinder, if it has thepositive movement, being regulated to correspond with the speed ofthebat which is being wound upon thereceiving-roller; or, instead of usingtwo sets of mechanisms for applying fur to the mosquito-netting, I mayuse a single mechanism with a receiving-roller located asindicated indotted lines 0, upon which may be wound a sheet or strip of woven orfelted fabric, having a bat of fur applied to one side thereof.

Thus I am enabled to produce, as a new and merehantable article, acompound bat consisting of fur made in a continuous sheet ofany desiredwidth and length, applied to a correspondin g-sized sheet of felted orwov'en fabric,which is ready for the subsequent operations of stickingand scalding by the use of any machines or processes adapted therefor,such new article of manufacture being in convenient shape fortransportation and sale; or a cloth composed wholly or in part offeltable fiber and of comparatively loose open texture may be wound uponthe supply-roller H and caused to move over the perforated surface, anda sheet or hat of fur deposited thereon and caused to adhere thereto bythe action of a downward current of air passing through the cloth andthrough the perforated surface, after which the cloth, with the fur batthus applied, may be either transferred directly to a jigger or woundupon a receiving-roller.

I do not in this patent claim any invention except that which isspecifically set forth in the claims hereof, preferring to-claim allother patentable features which are shown or described in another case,which I have filed as a division of this one.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the following elements, namely:means adapted to move acoutinuous non-feltable fabric over a perforatedsurface, means adapted to deposit fur upon said fabric, means forcausing the fur to adhere to said fabric, and means for supplying afeltable fabric to the layer offur thusproduced, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of the following elements, namely: means adapted formoving a sheet of cloth, composed wholly or in part of" feltablefiber,incombination with mechanisms, substantially as described, adapted toapply to each side of the cloth a fur bat, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM E. DOUBLEDAY. Witnesses:

HARRY N. Low, J. S. BARKER.

